I just finished A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. It’s about an order of monks who preserve scientific knowledge after mankind nearly destroys itself in a nuclear war. Drawing inspiration from monks who preserved classical civilization in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Forgive me if I’m giving all the most basic Comp 101 analyses here. I just read this a month ago. I hope some college freshman plagiarizes this essay in good health. The original Frankenstein has a lot more poetry than[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You gotta push past some douchiness, but Bret Easton Ellis has the best stuff to say about novels vs. screenplays and adapting fiction into movies. Why Bret Easton Ellis doesn’t care how The Canyons is received A screenplay is very[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I finally got around to watching Lilo & Stitch, but I couldn’t stop thinking about Save the Cat. I spoke about Save the Cat on the Panel/Ferret Press blog, but here’s a recap: Save the Cat is a scriptwriting book[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…